As the current boom in the world economy is largely fueled by investment demand rather consumption demand, only Germany profits from it to full measure.

A construction boom during the last 15 years had created a high demand for migrant workers.

Moreover, boom in global consumption of cocaine owing to higher demand in Europe and Latin America, together with stable demand in the United States has brought new income to some Bolivians.

The driving force is external demand, as Germany, the world s second largest exporter, profits from the global boom.

At the same time, expanded access to credit has supported a building boom to meet vast untapped demand.

Neighboring Brazil helped by undergoing a boom of its own, which pumped up demand for a wide range of Argentine products.

To be sure, the prolonged rapid increase in Chinese aggregate demand has been fueled by an investment boom, as well as a growing trade surplus.

While it catalyzes a more generalized demand the elderly plumber who works longer hours in the boom spends more on his stamp collection it is not unreasonable to believe that much of debt fueled demand is more focused.

Hit by a monstrous external demand shock that sent world trade tumbling by a record 10.5 in 2009, China s export led growth quickly went from boom to bust.

Huge boom. Huge boom. Huge bust. Huge bust.

A Productivity Boom in Waiting?

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Can anything halt this swing of the pendulum? Absent a sudden, immediate, and strong boost in US domestic demand that turns into a durable boom with rapid employment growth, probably not.

The driving force is external demand, as Germany, the world s second largest exporter, profits from the global boom. Exports increased by 6.2 in 2005 and are expected to increase by 7.4 in 2006.

During the post Kobe reconstruction period, world demand was buoyant and global productivity surged, owing to China s gathering boom, America s information technology and communications revolution, and political and economic convergence in Europe.

If you saw 2001 A Space Odyssey, and you heard the boom, boom, boom, boom, and you saw the monolith, you know, that was Arthur C. Clarke's representation that we were at a seminal moment in the evolution of our species.

A German Glimmer in a Global Boom

Since then, heavy industries steel, automobiles, machinery, building materials, energy, and raw materials have experienced an unprecedented investment boom, reflecting demand for urban construction, housing, transport, infrastructure, and equipment renewal.

Over the next decade, as Chinese workers demand higher salaries, basic benefits, and improved working conditions, the country may well lose the comparative advantage that has driven its manufacturing boom.

Asia s Invention Boom

Africa s Big Boom

First, in contrast to the dot com boom, it is difficult to identify the technological shock that set off the boom.

Boom, Bust, and Recovery in the World Economy

Put differently, the bust that follows years of a debt fueled boom leaves behind an economy that supplies too much of the wrong kind of good relative to the changed demand.

But Germany will boom.

Germany s Pathological Export Boom

Long Live China s Boom

Harnessing the Remittance Boom

Afghanistan has witnessed a boom in meat production in last decade.

The recent US housing boom is a case in point.

Finally, Japan s external environment today is more challenging. During the post Kobe reconstruction period, world demand was buoyant and global productivity surged, owing to China s gathering boom, America s information technology and communications revolution, and political and economic convergence in Europe.

But the boom is not uniform.

Perhaps Europe will just boom anyway.

There is a jump in wealth and an immediate production boom.

This is why urbanization means a huge building boom in emerging economies.

Like the advanced economies, emerging economies experienced a boom in 2000 2007.

If America does recover to the previous long run trend, the next decade will likely witness a construction boom that puts the mid 2000 s boom in the shade.

Origins While most critics agree that the Boom started some time in the 1960s, there is some disagreement as to which work should be considered the first Boom novel.

BERKELEY In the mid 2000 s, the United States had a construction boom.

Some universal human weaknesses can result in irrational behavior during an economic boom.

The boom in tourism caused Palma to grow significantly, with repercussions on immigration.

Cameron Sinclair The refugees of boom and bust

As long as a boom lasts, everybody benefits.

Will Human Rights Survive Africa s Latest Oil Boom?